Where there seems to be a serious difference is in ND filters... you have to pay a lot for a camcorder with this feature, whereas some(cheaper) Stills-Bridge cameras have this built-in.As they appear to lack some video-features I wonder why ND is incorporated, since with Stills you can push the shutter-speed if you want to force a large aperture ( for shallow DoF).
Both Sony and Pana offer stills cameras with long-zooms and ND filters ( Sony because their lens is "fixed" at f/2.8*- even up to 600mm ) - an optical feat that I find quite hard to believe. I'm not sure why the Pana is similarly endowed..... but I did read the flap for ext-mic prevent this being changed....
Also, in general the batteries on Stills-Cameras are low capacity and you have to take the camera apart...whereas with a camcorder batteries are easy to change and usually available in higher capacities.... although Terfyn's Power-Bank suggestion probably negates this - along with much cost - While Mfrs include battery-chips to prevent other Makes being used.
* - unsure- and their model numbers are somewhat confusing, too. Another very good bridge camera,long lasting battery,articulated lcd,very good sound ,720mm in video recording mode,izoom doubles that.
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